The High Desert

Arches National Park has over 2,000 natural stone arches and Canyonlands National Park preserves 337,598 acres of colorful canyons, mesas, buttes, fins, arches, and spires in the heart of southeast Utah’s high desert. Also, this trip included a small stop in Rocky Mountain Park.

Canyonlands National Park preserves 337,598 acres of colorful canyons, mesas, buttes, fins, arches, and spires in the heart of southeast Utah’s high desert. Early morning light highlights the Green River which has cut into the landscape.

The Milky Way lights the sky over Delicate Arch in Arches National Park.

Two young bull elk play in the meadows in Rocky Mountain Park in Colorado.

Delicate Arch reflects late afternoon sunlight in Arches National Park.

Desert bighorn sheep feed in Colorado National Monument.

A lone hiker walks in South Window at sunrise in Arches National Park.

The Milky Way shines over Double Arch in Arches National Park.

Visitors at Delicate Arch in late afternoon sunlight in Arches National Park.

Fisher Towers are a series of towers located near Moab, Utah. The Towers are named for a miner who lived near them in the 1880s.

Delicate Arch is photographed by a visitor late afternoon sunlight in Arches National Park.

Early morning light on Turret Arch in the windows section at Arches National Park.

Early morning light highlights rock formations at Colorado National Monument.